The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-25
AN IRISH HURRAH!
A Demonstration in COmpli-
ment to Michael Davitt.
He ARRArGNs THE BRITISH.
e.rhree Cheers for the Poor Mans
Friend'-An E. thusiastic Land
League Meeting.
IE ARRA1GNs THE BRITISH.
ALand Leagoe Demonstraelen.

ALand League Demonstration.
New YORK, January % There was a
demonstration III Madison Square
Garden tonight, in compliment to
Mi, hazel DaVitt and his wife. Nearly |
10 600 persons were present. Patrick |
Ford presided. When Davitt was |
presented the people made vast deal |
IF cheering. When T. D. PoWderly was |
recognized there was not little cheer |
ing, as also when Henry George was seen |
among the crowd. Letters of regret |
we're received from Senator Sawye", OF |
Wisconsin; Senator Dawes. OF Msssa-
chusetts; Senator Vance, and Senators |
Henderson, of Nebraska; Sewell, of |
New Jersey; AldrIch, of Rhode Island; |
Sabin, of Minnesota: Congressman |
Cutcheon, of Michigan; Johnson, OF In
diana; Lyman, of Iowa, and White, OF
Pennsylvania.
Davitt at the outset chose to construe |
the demonstration not only as greet |
ing to him, but as token of encourage !
ment to Erin and of defiance 10 her enc
mics. He then adverted to the Irish
question abroad, and said the fight on
the land question was on once more. !
He could not picture the inhumanities
being carried on by the British crown. |
For his part be would have regarded as
Unsuitable the homicides and the shoot
ing by the people of Glencoe and Glen
bay, of the bailifs who outraged their
homes. wild cheering.) That tie
Glencoe people let the bailiffs escape
alive was evidence of the law abiding
character of the race, and the speaker
wanted to, and did CONFESS" to-
night that he is in measure
responsible for the. passive attitude
of the Irish at home. DaVitt yet be-
lieved it uDwise to oppose undisciplined
force against disciplined power; that
would be sure defeat. He thought the
Tory government meant war to- exter-
mination, and let this policy become
known and all the wisdom of Conserya-
tives could not avert some supreme act
of retaliation. But before such con-
summation shall have been reached,
the common sense of Englisbmen will
have asserted itself. Attention grew
intense when Mr.. Davitt at length said ::
/ now wish to refer to matter not only
of interest to me and my friends, but
| to the entire city of New York.
! q Yoice-"three cheers for the poor
mans friendly cannot well pass
! over in silence the case of nv friend
Father McGlynn, but in what am
about to say | will endeavor to carefully
avoid the mistakes of others and will
refrain from a line of criticism which
! Injuries the case it means to defend. II
/ DIR. McGlynn's statement in paper
| this morning we read as follows: II did
promise in 1882 TO make no more Irish
League speeches. and when again
censured in 1888 for favoring the
Irish revolution in speech in
behalf of the suffering Irish peo-
| pie. 1 did promise to make
no more speeches on the Irish question
even for charity, but l did not bind
myself to abstain for all time from
public speaking on political and social
! subjects" 1t appears from this that
his offense began at the last meeting
that he addressed in this city in 1882
and Cardinal Simeoni then censured
him for favOring Irish revolutions.
Herein lies the head and front of Dr..
McGlynn's offense. Now mark the
striking coincidence. in 1882 the Irish
cause was on the death struggle Of.
encouragement and coercion. Every
resource of power was employed to
disrupt our ranks and destroy the Land
| League, and it was IN that hour, when
We were menaced by destruction, that
Cardinal Slmeoni, at the desire of Eng
lish agents in Rome, joined his feeble
attacks to those of Ireland's other enc
mics. 1t appears now that he was not
satisfied with his vain attempts to
coerce the bishop and priests of Ire
land into doing England's political
work; he also aimed his little thunder |
bolts at our friends in America, because |
here we're formed our sinews of |
war, and here of all were friends |
of Ireland. Cardinal Simeoni singled |
out for punishment one of the most de !
voted priests and single hearted men |
that God has ever called to the ministry, |
one OF the largest hearts, one of the most |
Catholic minds that ever donned the |
Vestments of the Catholic priesthood,
one OF the most fearless champions that
Ireland has ever given to the cause of
human liberty, and for supporting this
movement in Ireland which meant to
grasp the robber landlordism. for sup.
porting what Cardinal Simeoni called
and what | am proud to call the
Irish revolution. Let there be no
mistake about the origin of the hostility
to our beloved friend. Had he been
engaged IN praising England or defend
ing landlordism in 1882, he might be
to-day the archbishop of New York.
amer McOlynn mas done WndC DlSnOpS
and priests in Ireland have done in de-
lance of this same cardinals injunc-
ton. He is awarded the punishment
that the Propaganda would have meted
out to the Father McGlynn.of Ireland.
1t is absurd to believe that Father Nc
Glyun would leave the church to
take the stump, but he claims,
and l think ri'htly so, the
right to think for himself in
political matters. DR.. McGlynn does
not enforce his views on any persons
on this continent or in his church, out
until they are declared BY the head of
The church as contrary 10 the Catholic
faith, Dr.. McGlyrn tells me he will
not retract these doctrines. tCheers(
L sincerely hope DR.. McGlynn will 60
70 Rome and defend The Justice OF
these doctrines, and while | do not
question the courage OF DR.. McGIynn,
1 must say that those who advise him
not to go 10 Rome, no matter how good
may be their intentions or objects, ere
nnconsciously giving cowardly advice